In addition to not wishing to communicate with anyone other than lackies, I suspect that MMY also tells himself stories to explain away the lack of $ucce$$ of his $cheme$. Possibly the tale about him throwing our The Beatles is one of his own?
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "markmeredith2002" > <markmeredith@> wrote: > > > > I predict the plan to make vedic city, iowa a pilgrimage > > center for hindus will be even more successful than MMY's > > plan to make (doug henning's) vedaland more popular than > > disneyworld, though not as successful as his plan to make > > hagelin president. > > A fairly safe prediction. :-) > > I wonder whether one of the major factors involved in > the failure of these ideas is the near-total lack of > familiarity on the part of Maharishi and the TMO > higher-ups with the common people they think they are > appealing to. > > I mean (a question for those of you who might know), > how long has it *been* since Maharishi met someone > face to face who does not practice TM and who does > not have the money to buy their way into his presence? > Ten years? Fifteen years? Longer? All that time, as > far as I know, the *only* people he has interfaced > with are the Truest of the True Believers, complete > Yes-men and Yes-women who *share* his disdain for > and distance from the common people of the planet. > > The *arrogance* of it all is not unlike George W. > Bush pretending to understand and care about the > problems of the middle class in America. Bush not > only knows nothing about them; chances are that > he hasn't even *talked* with any of them in his > entire life. He's *famous* for wanting to be > surrounded only by people of his "class." > > These projects are meant to appeal to Maharishi's > *fantasies* of what people are like and what they > want, not what people are really like and what > they want. No wonder they don't work. As Jimi > Hendrix once sang: > > And so castles made of sand > slip into the sea, eventually > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
